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Jack Williamson 2006 Deaths

Jack WilliamsonAge: 98 writer of countless science fiction novels and short stories whose career spanned almost 80 years. His best-known novel was The Humanoids, a Puritan dystopia written in…

Jack Kilby 2005 Deaths

Jack KilbyAge: 81 Nobel Prize–winning electrical engineer who designed and developed the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, which miniaturized many consumer electronic…

Jack Anderson 2005 Deaths

Jack AndersonAge: 83 journalist whose investigative columns ran in more than 1,000 newspapers, reaching tens of millions of readers. Known for his diligent yet unconventional reporting…

Jack Fleming 2001 Deaths

Jack FlemingAge: 77 former Pittsburgh Steelers announcer famous for his call of the "Immaculate Reception" in 1972; broadcast West Virginia basketball and football games for 42 years. The…

Jack Idema, 2004 News

vigilante, was convicted in September of entering Afghanistan illegally, operating an illegal jail, and taking hostages and torturing them. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail. Idema, a…

Jack Bowman 1998 Deaths

Jack BowmanAge: 61 Buffalo Sabres director of scouting since 1996 and a member of the organization since 1980; after a brief illnessDied: London, Ontario, Canada, June 22, 1998Gene BossardA…

Jack Brickhouse 1998 Deaths

Jack BrickhouseAge: 82 was the voice of the Chicaco Cubs for four decades before being replaced by Harry Caray in 1982; also broadcast the Chicago Bears for 24 years; honored in 1979 at…

Jack Hartman 1998 Deaths

Jack HartmanAge: 73 former Kansas St. men's basketball coach who won more games than any other coach in school history; won National Coach of the Year Award from basketball coaches after the…

Brewer's: Little Jack Horner

(See Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Little JohnLittle-Go A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Sixteen-string Jack

John Rann, a highwayman, noted for his foppery. He wore sixteen tags, eight at each knee. (Hanged in 1774.) “Dr. Johnson said that Gray's poetry towered above the ordinary run of verse as…